Seifert breaks down as he recalls Covid-19 experience in India
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26 Mar 25
New Zealand and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert broke down in tears while talking about his experience of staying back in India after testing positive for Covid-19.
Seifert had been with IPL side Kolkata Knight Riders, was unable to exit India with other New Zealand cricketers after he returned a positive test and became the last foreign player left in the country.
Now back in New Zealand and under strict quarantine, Seifert said his "heart sank straight away" when a team official told him of his positive test.
“The world kind of stops a little bit. I just couldn’t really think what was next. And that was the scary part of it. You hear about the bad things, and I thought that was going to happen to me,” he told reporters in a video call from hotel quarantine in Auckland.
Seifert was filled with emotion throughout the conversation and took a moment to collect himself before continuing.
“The news [in India] is all about a lack of oxygen, you don’t know if you’re going to be in that situation,” he said. It’s just the whole unknown of what COVID is, how you’re going to react to it.” He said.
Apart from Seifert, KKR cricketers Varun Chakravarthy, Sandeep Warrier and Prasidh Krishna were the others to test positive for the virus.
